PalenQ

British Airways' Eye Over London, the world's largest Ferris Wheel i guess that sits in the heart of London on the Thames South Bank (actually sits in the water) is losing its sponsor apparently and soon will not be called British Airways' Eye Over London.

What company should take over sponsorship?

The Marmite Eye Over London?

The Emerates Eye Over London?

The Whole Foods Market Eye Over London?

HongKong and Shanghair Eye?

What do you think?

travel2live2

How intriguing! I like the Marmite Eye Over London myself.

Cholmondley_Warner

Given that it's near the Oxo Tower it should be called the Brown Eye.

PalenQ

what???

Northern Rock Eye Over London?

flanneruk

It's going to be sponsored by MI6, and called Eye Spy. Though apparently, Ian Hislop's putting in a counter offer to havbe it called Private Eye.

Whichever pone gets it, the Royal Navy's sponsoring a second Eye, just downriver.

It's going to be called Aye Aye Sailor.

janisj

tain't a "ferris" wheel. A Ferris wheel ride goes round and round - among other differences. The Eye is an observation wheel - w/ one revolution per ride.

PalenQ

I guess the Big Wheel i recently rode in Manchester, that looked like a bit smaller clone of the Eye Over London was a Ferris Wheel then as we went around five times.

They said in busy periods it may only go around once and then i guess it'd be called an Observation Wheel?

Cholmondley_Warner

They said in busy periods it may only go around once and then i guess it'd be called an Observation Wheel>>>

No it would be called "t'eye".

smarty

Actually, it is not the world's largest observation wheel or whatever, that distinction goes to either Singapore or Nanchang, or so I'm told...

alanRow

http://www.londonnet.co.uk/london-ey...rvation-wheels

bennyb

London Eye-Sore?

I really do like the mix of modern and old in London (ex: Swiss Re Tower rising behind the Tower of London), but the London Eye is an ugly monstrosity. Probably a good money-maker, though.

PalenQ

I think the Eye was scheduled as a one-off event like the Greenwich one is supposed to be

Perhaps that's how it gained public acceptance in the first place

Personally i love it and it adds not detracts from my London views

Robespierre

Eyefull Tower. (Now that froggies no longer arrive at Waterloo, the Brits need a new wind-at-a-distance to greet visitors.)

hetismij

<<They said in busy periods it may only go around once and then i guess it'd be called an Observation Wheel>>>

No it would be called "t'eye">>


Being on the west side of the Penines it would be th'eye.

Pedantically yours
hetismij

Michael

<i>actually sits in the water</i>

I don't think so since the &quot;posts&quot; holding it are severely angled away from the water.

alanRow

&lt;&lt;&lt; (actually sits in the water) &gt;&gt;&gt;

actually sits OVER the water

http://z.about.com/d/golondon/1/5/2/L/-/-/LondonEye.jpg